@Section @Title { Page size and page orientation } @Tag { pagesize } @Begin @PP This section explains how to use the setup file options that determine page size and page orientation. Here they are with their default values: page.type @Index @Code "@PageType" @ID @OneRow @Code @Verbatim { @PageType { A4 } @PageWidth {} @PageHeight {} @PageOrientation { Portrait } } The default value at your site may be different, since installers of Lout are recommended to set it to the usual size of a piece of paper at their location. The easy way to change the page size is to set the @Code "@PageType" option to the name of the paper you use: @ID @Tab vmargin { 0.5vx } @Fmtb { @Col ! @Col ! @Col @I @RR B ! @Col @I @RR C } @Fmta { @Col @Code { "@PageType {" A "}" } ! @Col ! @Col @Code @CC B ! @Col @Code @CC C } { @Rowb B { width in points } C { height in points } @Rowa A { Letter } B { 612p } C { 792p } @Rowa A { Tabloid } B { 792p } C { 1224p } @Rowa A { Ledger } B { 1224p } C { 792p } @Rowa A { Legal } B { 612p } C { 1008p } @Rowa A { Statement } B { 396p } C { 612p } @Rowa A { Executive } B { 540p } C { 720p } @Rowa A { A0 } B { 2380p } C { 3368p } @Rowa A { A1 } B { 1684p } C { 2380p } @Rowa A { A2 } B { 1190p } C { 1684p } @Rowa A { A3 } B { 842p } C { 1190p } @Rowa A { A4 } B { 595p } C { 842p } @Rowa A { A5 } B { 420p } C { 595p } @Rowa A { B4 } B { 729p } C { 1032p } @Rowa A { B5 } B { 516p } C { 729p } @Rowa A { Folio } B { 612p } C { 936p } @Rowa A { Quarto } B { 610p } C { 780p } @Rowa A { 10x14 } B { 720p } C { 1008p } } This will automatically assign the widths and heights shown above to the @Code "@PageWidth" and @Code "@PageHeight" options, so you don't have to worry about those options. If your paper size is not on this list, set @Code "@PageType" to @Code Other and supply your own width and height: page.width @Index @Code "@PageWidth" page.height @Index @Code "@PageHeight" @ID @Tab vmargin { 0.5vx } @Fmta { @Col @Code A } { @Rowa A { "@PageType { Other }" } @Rowa A { "@PageWidth { 12.0c }" } @Rowa A { "@PageHeight { 18.0c }" } } The width and height may each be any length (Section {@NumberOf objects}), and do not have to be in points. @PP The basic page orientations are @I portrait and @I landscape: page.orientation @Index @Code "@PageOrientation" @ID @Tab @Fmta { @Col 8c @Wide @Code A ! @Col B } { @Rowa A { "@PageOrientation { Portrait }" } B { @Box 1.0c @Wide 1.4c @High { Hello } } @Rowa @Rowa A { "@PageOrientation { Landscape }" } B { @Box 1.4c @Wide 1.0c @High { Hello } } } When changing to {@Code Landscape}, do not change the page type, page width, or page height, and do not change the way you feed your paper into the printer. Lout knows what to do. @PP Two other orientations are provided which are 180@Degree rotations of the basic ones: @ID @Tab @Fmta { @Col 8c @Wide @Code A ! @Col B } { @Rowa A { "@PageOrientation { ReversePortrait }" } B { @Box 1.0c @Wide 1.4c @High { //1rt &1rt 180d @Rotate Hello } } @Rowa @Rowa A { "@PageOrientation { ReverseLandscape }" } B { @Box 1.4c @Wide 1.0c @High { //1rt &1rt 180d @Rotate Hello } } } @Code ReverseLandscape might be useful when post-processing the PostScript output to print two landscape pages per sheet. The @Code "@PageOrientation" symbol is available at the start of a document, as well as in the setup file, like {@Code "@InitialFont"} and {@Code "@PageHeaders"}. @End @Section